Job Profile – Social Mobiliser
31206BR
Environment, International Development, Urban Development and Infrastructure
Nepal
Mott MacDonald is an employee-owned management, development and engineering consultancy serving the public and private sector around the world, with more than 16,000 staff worldwide.
Our International Development Services Unit, IDS, operates portfolios within the international development sectors of Environment, Climate, Water, Roads, Rural & Urban Development, Education, Health, Social and Economic Development in over 40 countries. Together we implement and manage projects in developing countries and emerging economies around the world, supporting national governments and municipalities in policy, planning, project design and delivery. We are committed to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and to provide our expertise to improve the lives of people in need.
Job Description
We are seeking Social Mobilisers initially for short term input for design of a complex DFID-funded post-earthquake reconstruction programme in four Districts (Gorkha, Dhading, Nuwakot, Rasuwa). The programme aim is long-term positive transformational change in the lives of people in earthquake-affected regions of Nepal.
The programme commenced in September 2017 for a 5 year duration and will work in four of the districts worst affected by the earthquake. It comprises five Output Areas:
The programme aims to ‘leave no one behind’ through all activities, including selection, implementation and management of infrastructure, in addition to the Challenge Fund. The Challenge Fund will support a diverse range of activities to reach vulnerable women girls and to achieve transformational change.
We are looking for a Social Mobiliser to support our field work for this component initially for a 2-month period to ensure that targeted efforts are made on the ground level to identify the most vulnerable groups and the nature of their vulnerability, and to understand their responses to it. Ideally, the Social Mobiliser would be available to start from 16th October.
The position may be extended into a long-term role for project implementation.
Job description
The Social Mobiliser will report directly to the “Leave no one behind” lead design consultant.
The position may be extended into a long-term role for project implementation, with additional tasks to be identified at that stage.
Candidate Specification
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